Collar-button.



PATENTBD MAY 3, 1904.

L. BBERHART.

COLLAR BUTTON.

APPLIoATIoN FILED JUNI: 22. 190s.

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PATENTED MAY 3, 1904.

L. EBBRHART. COLLAR BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2z, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented May 3, 1904.

LLOYD EBERHART, OF MILWAUKEE, VISCONSIN.

COLLAR-BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 758,742, dated May 3, 1904.

Application filed June 22, 1903. Serial No. 162,549. (No model.)

To all when?, it may concern:

Be it known that I, LLOYD EBERHART, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of l/Visconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collar-Buttons, of which the following is a specication.

Objects of my invention are to avoid ce1'- tain well-known discomforts incident to the use of collar-buttons commonly found on the market prior to my invention, to steady and avoid undesirable lateral play or tilt on the part of the stem employed as a connection between the base and head and which extends throug'h registering buttonholes of the neckband of the shirt and the collar-band when the collar-button is in use, to adapt the collarbutton to engage the neckband of the shirt in a way to oppose tendency on the part of the coat-collar of the wearer from pressing the stem toward the neck and through the buttonholes to an extent to cause the base to objectionably bind against the users neck, and to provide a simple and eificient construction.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l shows in perspective a portion 0f the neck.- band of a shirt adapted, for example, to open at the back with my improved collar button or fastener applied. Fig. 2 shows the collar button or fastener in perspective on a larger scale. Fig'. 3 is an edge view of the collar button or fastener and illustrates in dotted lines the lapping portion of the neckband and a portion of the collar all buttoned together by my improved device. Fig. 4 is a vertical section, on a larger scale, through the rear portion of a shirt and collar with my improved button applied. Fig. 5 illustrates my improved collar-button formed by a bent-wire frame.

rlhe collar-button illustrated in the first four iigures of the drawings comprises a base 3, a head 6, and a stem 4, arranged between the base and head and permanently and rigidly connecting' them together to form a button portion for buttoning together the neckband of a shirt and the band of a collar. The base 3 is also provided with a hooked extension comprising the hook-shank l and the bill 2, respectively, at opposite sides of the hookbend l', the hook being arranged so that its bill 2 extends toward the head 6-that is to say, the bill is arranged in a plane between the planes of the head 6 and base 3 and preferably parallel therewith. As a simple and desirable construction,the button thus shown in the rst four figures is formed of an oblong plate having a bend 1' to form the hook, a bend 3 to position the stem 4 lateral to the plane of the base 3, and a bend 5 to position the head 6 at right angles to the plane of the stem.

The stem 4 is of a length to extend through the neckband, and the hook is adapted to receive the neckband portion above the button hole or holes thereof through which the stem extends. The shank 4 is rendered integral with the base and head to provide a simple construction which avoids the annoyance and difiiculties attending the use of buttons having hinged or detachable heads. This permanence 0f union between the head and base also permits my improved button to be economicall y manufactured and,if desired, struck up from a single metal plate.

The application of the button thus described is best shown in Fig'. 4, in which it will be seen that the hook clasps opposite sides of the neckband; also, that the base 3 and its upward extension lie ilatwise against the inner side of the neckband, with the stein 4 extending through registering' buttonholesof the neckband and collar-band and with the head 6 iatwise against the outer side of the collarband. As illustrated, the upper portion of the neckband tills the space between the two sides of the hook formed by the shank l and the bill 2, while the portion of the collar-band above the buttonhole therein is between the planes of the bill 2 and the head 6 and against the outer side of the bill.

As a matter of further improvement, the head, base, and stem are of substantially uniform cross sections throughout, whereby turning of the button is further avoided, it being Observed, however, that by making the hook of similar or suiicient width in crosssection its engagement with the upper edge of the neckband will prevent the button from twisting' or laterally rocking when in use.

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As a matter of Jfurther improvement, the head 6 is provided with an upward extension 8, which in use engages the outer side of the collar-band, as shown.

ln place of forming the button of a plate I can suitably bend a wire frame, as in Fig. 5, which shows a button thus composed of a wire frame, but otherwise corresponding with the button shown in preceding figures-that is to say, the frame shown in Fig. 5 is bent to form the head 66, the stem 44, the base 33, and a hooked extension comprising the shank 11, the bill 22, and the bend 1l between the shank and bill.

The button herein shown can be used at either the front or back of a shirt, as may be desired. l/Vhen in use, the base 3 and its upward extension will not present to the users neck any objectionable projection, and the button as a whole will be held against undesirable tilt.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. A collar-button, comprising a head, a base, a stem connecting the same and integral therewith, and a hooked extension on said base, the bill of the hook extending toward and terminating above the stem and lying on the same side of the base as said stem so as to clasp the neckband above the buttonhole.

2. A collar-button, comprising a head, a base, a stem connecting the same and integral therewith, and a hook forming an extension of the base and having parallel bill and shank portions, the bill extending toward and terminating above the stem and lying on the same i side of the base as said stem so as to clasp the vextending toward and terminating above the stem and lying on the same side of the base as said stem so as to clasp the neokband above the buttonhole.

LLOYD EBERHART.

lVitnesses:

CHARLES G. PAGE, OTTLLIE C. FRIBERG. 

